Homemade Woodworking Bench Vice

Wood screws and wood glue will help to keep everything together and a drill and saw should be the only major tools needed to dimension and prep the lumber.

Homemade woodworking bench vice.

I m moving my workshop from the cellar into the garage to have more space. There are several vise sets online but i want to build my own one. So i have a new planer thicknesser and bandsaw in my workshop. In issue 268 which will be coming out next week we have a great collection of workbench tips titled rethinking the workbench.

The benchtop s edge or apron typically serves as the inner jaw. Vises are expensive if you re a beginner you probably know that tools and especially power tools are really expensive why should you buy a vise when you can make your own. As you may have seen in the first video the mechanism works wonderfully and just as well. The first project i will be making with these machines is a bench vice.

The vice is finished and it works fantastic i couldn t be happier. This needs to be as strong as possible and slow set epoxy is the only adhesive i trust to do this. I can t say enough about how useful this thing is. Aug 16 2014 found the plans for this in shopnotes.

An mdf table surface is added to provide a flat surface that will not warp with humidity changes. It s a great add on for my roubo workbench in holding those small pieces. A small woodworking vice is the only addition to this thick framed workbench. The nuts are glued into the notches with slow set epoxy.

This is the reason that i made this collection for. Now don t for one minute think that when i build a bench for my new shop i m going to leave off the vise. This vise hardware requires a shop made outer jaw of 1 1 2 3 thick hardwood with dogholes if you so choose for holding stock with bench dogs. Clamp and go once the vise is assembled clamp it to your bench as required and start sawing.

I made the sliding jaw about 1 8 wider than the fixed jaw so that it would register up against the worktable. A pivoting jaw vise holds irregular shape stock without racking the jaws. In this instructable you can fol. Red oak acme screw.

The jaws of the vise can be made custom to fit your p. I built my own workbench and what s still missing is a woodworking vise. But not having a vise does not mean you need to put your woodworking on hold. Make your own bench vise.